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RESULTS
We are delighted to announce the results of our first poetry competition:
WINNERS
1ST PRIZE WINNER: Foreign body – Serena Malcolm
2ND PRIZE WINNER: EDI & me – Poetry Girl
3RD PRIZE WINNER: A better life – Douglas Kingsley Medland
HIGHLY COMMENDED
(in alphabetical order)
A life not their own – Miguel Gabbidon
A safe space – The Poetry Lagoon
An easy mistake to make – Ellie Herda-Grimwood
BAME – Jenny Mitchell
Brown girl – Ansuya Patel
Dear Karen, Dear Ken – Neree McKenzie
Hummus and breadsticks – Yomn Al-Kaisi
Interview – Jacquline Munro
Lanes and races – Cece Noel
Letter to Sislin – Capability; Black
My name, my surname, my birthname – Broken Glass
My true name – Yurika Nemoto-Smith
New job – Jennifer Shaw
No coward soul am I – Emma Conally-Barklem
Pedestrian crossings – Eleni Cay
Race is no longer an issue – Osaremen Iluobe
Second guessing – Aretha Ahunanya
Sojourner – Isabel Aruna
Solicited – Gabrielle Felix
The 3 black lions – Patrick Edore
The black ceiling – Jhiselle Feanny
Tick box – Leeanne Parke
Token black friend – Serena Malcolm
We got this – Kate Meyer-Currey
Where are you from – Rebecca Caine
A selection of images from the launch of our second poetry anthology, Black in White Community Collection, which took place at Avenue @ Holiday Inn Express Hotel, Finchley, London from 6-9pm on 20 November 2021.
Judges
All the winning and highly commended poems were published in Black in White – Community Collection, which was launched in London in November 2021 and is now available for purchase on our website Store.